Services play a more important role in trade and employment in the United Kingdom than in most other OECD countries …

removing barriers to external trade would bring substantial growth and employment gains by enhancing resource allocation in …

workers are affected the most, how employment and wages adjust to increased services trade, and the impact of policy settings … associated positively with firm employment in advanced and emerging market economies, although the relationship is more uncertain … quantitatively small. Looking at the distributional impact, there is mixed evidence for a skill bias in wages related to increased …

employment and wages in the United Kingdom. It finds that firms can benefit from services trade, through increased employment …Services trade has become increasingly important, yet its impact on employment has been understudied at present. This …, production and productivity. On average, workers’ wages are also positively impacted by increased services trade. The findings …